JANET Roberts was born in Cabrach, Moray in 1901 and was the last surviving granddaughter of William Grant who founded Glenfiddich Distillery in Dufftown in 1886.

SCOTLAND'S oldest person has died peacefully at her home at the age of 110.

Janet Roberts was born in Cabrach, Moray in 1901 and was the last surviving granddaughter of William Grant who founded Glenfiddich Distillery in Dufftown in 1886.

Mrs Roberts, who had a single malt named after her, died at her Speyside home a few miles from the distillery on Friday April 6.

To mark her 110th birthday on August 13 last year, 11 bottles of Glenfiddich Janet Sheed Roberts Reserve were produced.

The first bottle of the rare 55-year-old single malt set a new world record when it was sold for £46,850 at Bonhams in Edinburgh in December.

All proceeds from the auction went to the WaterAid charity.

That record was then broken last month when a bidder paid 94,000 US dollars (£59,335) for the tipple at an auction in New York.

It is the third bottle to be sold, with the other fetching £44,000 at an auction in London in February.

Known by her family as Wee Janie, she studied at both Glasgow and Edinburgh universities. While studying law in Edinburgh, where she was the only woman in her class, she played hockey for the first team.

Mrs Roberts met future husband Eric while working for law firm McGrigor Donald. They married in 1938 at Glasgow University Memorial Chapel.

Her husband later became a director of William Grant and Sons and she travelled the world with him, promoting the business.